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Elizabeth Perkins


Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is a well-known American movie, television and theater actress. She was born in Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. After finishing high school she spent three years in Chicago taking acting lessons at the famous Goodman School of Drama. Back in New York in 1984, she did her first theater performance. Thereafter she worked in several ensembles and has since then considered theater playing as a priority of her career.

As a movie actress she had her breakthrough starring with Tom Hanks in Big. She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon. Of all the films she has acted in, her biggest success so far has been however The Flintstones, starring also John Goodman, in which she plays the long-suffering Wilma Flinstone.

In 1993 Perkins made her television debut in For Their Own Good. She starred thereafter in the comedy series Battery Park and If These Walls Could Talk, and has since then played roles in television films on a regular basis.

Perkins' first husband was Terry Kinney, from whom she divorced. In 2000 she married her present husband, Julio Macat.

Perkins recently filmed the pilot episode of a new Showtime series entitled Weeds. The series is about a suburban mother (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who, upon the death of her husband, resorts to dealing marijuana to make money, while also attempting to maintain her reputation in the community. Perkins will play an upstanding member of the community whose son falls in love with Parker's daughter.

Filmography

  • Weeds (2005)
  • The Ring Two (2005)
  • Fierce People (2004)
  • Kids in America (2004)
  • Gilded Stones (2004)
  • Speak (2004)
  • Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
  • Try Seventeen (2002)
  • Cats & Dogs (2001)
  • 28 Days (2000)
  • Crazy in Alabama (1999)
  • I'm Losing You (1998)
  • Lesser Prophets (1997)
  • Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
  • The Flintstones (1994)
  • Indian Summer (1993)
  • The Doctor (1991)
  • He Said, She Said (1991)
  • Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
  • Avalon (1990)
  • Love at Large (1990)
  • Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
  • Big (1988)
  • From the Hip (1987)
  • About Last Night (1986)

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Perkins will play an upstanding member of the community whose son falls in love with Parker's daughter. Molly married her long time fiance Valery Lameignere on July 28, 1999, but they have since filed for divorce. The series is about a suburban mother (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who, upon the death of her husband, resorts to dealing marijuana to make money, while also attempting to maintain her reputation in the community. She recently appeared in Not Another Teen Movie — a parody/tribute film of teen movies. Perkins recently filmed the pilot episode of a new Showtime series entitled Weeds. Ringwald is currently participating in plays in London, and she performed on Broadway before moving to England. In 2000 she married her present husband, Julio Macat. She later lived in France for four years and only appeared in French-language films.

Perkins' first husband was Terry Kinney, from whom she divorced. During the period that Ringwald was Hollywood's top female teen, she appeared in countless covers of such publications as Tiger Beat, Teen and many others. She starred thereafter in the comedy series Battery Park and If These Walls Could Talk, and has since then played roles in television films on a regular basis. Among Ringwald's movies are Fresh Horses, The Pick Up Artist, and the movie that got the Brat Pack together: The Breakfast Club. In 1993 Perkins made her television debut in For Their Own Good. The reporter published a sensationalist article calling her and her fellow actors (Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore and Anthony Michael Hall) The Brat Pack. Of all the films she has acted in, her biggest success so far has been however The Flintstones, starring also John Goodman, in which she plays the long-suffering Wilma Flinstone. The term was first coined in 1985 after a night out with a reporter of the New Yorker Magazine.

She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon. Ringwald was a member of the so-called Brat Pack. As a movie actress she had her breakthrough starring with Tom Hanks in Big. Her breakout role was Pretty in Pink (1986). Thereafter she worked in several ensembles and has since then considered theater playing as a priority of her career. At age eight, she landed herself a place on TV's New Mickey Mouse Club. Back in New York in 1984, she did her first theater performance. At age five, she starred in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland, playing the dormouse.

After finishing high school she spent three years in Chicago taking acting lessons at the famous Goodman School of Drama. Ringwald, the daughter of blind jazz pianist Bob Ringwald, started her acting career young. She was born in Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. After the success of the film, she appeared in many other teen movies. Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is a well-known American movie, television and theater actress. Molly Ringwald (born February 18, 1968 in Rosewood, California) is a red-haired American actress who first became famous and popular with teenagers in the 1984 movie Sixteen Candles. About Last Night (1986). Not Another Teen Movie (2001).

From the Hip (1987). Betsy's Wedding (1990). Big (1988). Strike It Rich (1990). Sweet Hearts Dance (1988). Fresh Horses (1988). Love at Large (1990). For Keeps (1988).

Avalon (1990). The Pick-up Artist (1987). Enid Is Sleeping (1990). Pretty in Pink (1986). He Said, She Said (1991). The Breakfast Club (1985). The Doctor (1991). Sixteen Candles (1984).

Indian Summer (1993). Tempest (1982). The Flintstones (1994). Miracle on 34th Street (1994). Moonlight and Valentino (1995).

Lesser Prophets (1997). I'm Losing You (1998). Crazy in Alabama (1999). 28 Days (2000).

Cats & Dogs (2001). Try Seventeen (2002). Finding Nemo (2003). Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004).

Speak (2004). Gilded Stones (2004). Kids in America (2004). Fierce People (2004).

The Ring Two (2005). Weeds (2005).